Sheriff Hodgson Goes to Ground Zero and Pitches In
Sheriff
Hodgson, on location, during the first days of cleanup at the
site
of the former World Trade Center in New York City.
September 11, 2001, Washington D.C.
Sheriff Tom Hodgson was standing on the steps of the United States
Capitol when a hijacked jetliner hit the Pentagon. Hodgson saw
the
smoke and witnessed first-hand what was one of the darkest days
of our country's history.
Learning of the entire story as it
unraveled, Hodgson flew back to Massachusetts, assembled a crew
of personnel, and immediately went to New York to help with the
cleanup of the World Trade Center collapse.
Digging for several days, and providing
trained K-9 dogs, Hodgson's crew worked tirelessly in the initial
days in hopes of finding someone left alive.
When hope was lost for finding survivors,
Hodgson's crew was redirected to do what they were trained for,
protecting
the cleanup crew from possible outside danger. Hodgson's crew set
up a perimeter around Ground Zero and monitored for possible threat
to those working in the cleanup effort.
"I've
learned by this action against our Country that safety for our citizens
extends far beyond county lines. I have become involved directly
by being appointed to the committee on Homeland Security for Massachusetts
and I am dedicated to help with the work of the National Director
Tom Ridge to protect our state and country."
